Tends saddle-stitching machine to repair salvable magazines, comic books, or catalogs in bindery:
Picks up book from supply on worktable, opens book, and places book in tentlike position over
fixture of wire-stitching machine. Examines book to determine location of missing stitch (staple),
and positions book under stitching head. Depresses pedal to start machine and insert missing stitch.
Stacks stitched book on worktable for removal. Examines wrinkled, creased, or dog-eared pages and
cover sheets and separates sheets judged to be salvable and discards remainder of sheets. Rolls and
bends sheets and smooths with hands and fingers to remove wrinkles and creases. Folds repaired
sheets by hand and stacks sheets to be returned to binding machines. Keeps daily production records.
GOE: 06.04.04 STRENGTH: L GED: R2 M1 L2 SVP: 3 DLU: 77ONET CROSSWALK: 92546Bindery Machine Operators and Tenders

Tends saddle-stitching machine to repair salvable magazines, comic books, or catalogs in bindery:
Picks up book from supply on worktable, opens book, and places book in tentlike position over
fixture of wire-stitching machine. Examines book to determine location of missing stitch (staple),
and positions book under stitching head. Depresses pedal to start machine and insert missing stitch.
Stacks stitched book on worktable for removal. Examines wrinkled, creased, or dog-eared pages and
cover sheets and separates sheets judged to be salvable and discards remainder of sheets. Rolls and
bends sheets and smooths with hands and fingers to remove wrinkles and creases. Folds repaired
sheets by hand and stacks sheets to be returned to binding machines. Keeps daily production records.
GOE: 06.04.04 STRENGTH: L GED: R2 M1 L2 SVP: 3 DLU: 77ONET CROSSWALK: 92546Bindery Machine Operators and Tenders